Deteriorated wastewater treatment systems cause pollution in Nghe An
Hundreds of households in Dien Van, Dien Ky and Dien Hong communes, Nghe An Province's Dien Chau District, are complaining about the environment being polluted by wastewater from a local industrial zone.
The industrial cluster has a lot of scrap collectors and a large amount of rubbish. The locals said they also had to suffer the smoke coming from iron and steel processing workshops.
Nguyen Hong Trung, chairman of Dien Hong Commune People's Committee, said, "There are 41 facilities operating there. They mostly collect steel scrap and recycle plastic. We have reported the situation to higher authorities many times but the problem hasn't been dealt with."
Dien Hong Commune Industrial Cluster was approved by Nghe An People's Committee in 2003. It covers 10ha with 11 firms and 30 household businesses. The wastewater treatment system has deteriorated and has been nearly abandoned.
The Department of Economy and Infrastructure in Dien Chau said the pollution was caused by the deteriorated wastewater treatment system in the cluster. When the cluster was opened, its infrastructure lacked synchronous investments. That's why Dien Chau District People's Committee are having plans to rebuild the clusters' infrastructure.
"We'll upgrade and rebuild all sewers and wastewater sedimentation tanks this year," said Truong Van Duc, head of Dien Chau District Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Deteriorated wastewater treatment system cause pollution in Nghe An Province
The industrial cluster has a lot of scrap collectors and a large amount of rubbish. The locals said they also had to suffer the smoke coming from iron and steel processing workshops.
Nguyen Hong Trung, chairman of Dien Hong Commune People's Committee, said, "There are 41 facilities operating there. They mostly collect steel scrap and recycle plastic. We have reported the situation to higher authorities many times but the problem hasn't been dealt with."
Dien Hong Commune Industrial Cluster was approved by Nghe An People's Committee in 2003. It covers 10ha with 11 firms and 30 household businesses. The wastewater treatment system has deteriorated and has been nearly abandoned.
The Department of Economy and Infrastructure in Dien Chau said the pollution was caused by the deteriorated wastewater treatment system in the cluster. When the cluster was opened, its infrastructure lacked synchronous investments. That's why Dien Chau District People's Committee are having plans to rebuild the clusters' infrastructure.
"We'll upgrade and rebuild all sewers and wastewater sedimentation tanks this year," said Truong Van Duc, head of Dien Chau District Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
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